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Before the Industrial Revolution, to make Indian Yellow, cows were force fed mango leaves and given no water. Their urine was collected in dirt balls and sold as "pigment." The resulting artists' color was a warm transparent glazing yellow. But Indian Yellow was lost somewhere between the decline of cruelty to animals and the rise of manufactured pigments. In the 20th century, the most transparent of the yellows that we at Gamblin call "Indian Yellow" is a light stable diarylide pigment. In its transparency, it makes a glowing warm yellow—as if a painting were suddenly lit with summer sunshine. Gamblin Artists' Oil Color, Indian Yellowhas been made with a completely lightfast pigment. Pigment: Diarylide yellow HR70 (PY83), Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil, Lightfastness I, Series 3, Transparent
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